Samuel Stone asks the court for an injunction against his partner in a slave trading firm. In 1834, Stone and William Worsham agreed that they would both put up funds "to be laid out in negroes," who would then "be taken to the South, or anywhere else that may be agreed upon by the said parties and sold for the best price that can be obtained.” Worsham oversaw the company's operations, both purchasing and selling slaves for the firm. Stone was satisfied with Worsham's handling of the company until 1837 or 1838, at which time Worsham stopped accounting to the petitioner for the firm's full assets and debts. In addition, Stone asserts that Worsham has "improperly applied" the firm's assets to his own use, purchasing land and paying off personal debts. Furthermore, the firm holds several promissory notes and has won several judgments in the courts, but Worsham has withheld all of these assets from Stone. Finally, Stone accuses Worsham of not accounting to him for the hires of four of the firm's slaves. Stone prays that Worsham be ordered to account for the partnership's property, assets, and debts and that he be enjoined, in the meanwhile, from leaving the state.
Result: Granted pro confesso.
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Repository: South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South Carolina
